title: Distribution of proteoglycans in the trabecular tissue of eyes with neovascular glaucoma.
abstract: We investigated histo-chemically the composition and distribution of proteoglycans in the trabecular tissue of eyes with neovascular glaucoma. Cupromeronic blue in combination with a series of enzyme digestions and nitrous acid treatment were used. The spaces between the trabecular beams were lined by a single layer of vascular endothelium and were filled with red blood cells. A basal lamina and microfibrils were detected just beneath the newly formed vascular endothelial cells. Chondroitin-sulfate- and dermatan-sulfate-type proteoglycans were present in association with collagen fibrils in the extracellular matrix. Heparan-sulfate-type proteoglycans were present in association with the basal lamina of both the vascular endothelial cells and the trabecular cells. It is unlikely that these abnormalities in the type or distribution of proteoglycans in the trabecular meshwork have a major role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tawara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inomata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism*; D002810:Chondroitinases and Chondroitin Lyases / Q000494:pharmacology; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003300:Copper; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015355:Glaucoma, Neovascular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006497:Heparan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D002810:Chondroitinases and Chondroitin Lyases; D003094:Collagen; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003300:Copper; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D006497:Heparan Sulfate; D007211:Indoles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C015445:copper phthalocyanine